MACKEY v. CHANDLER

Civ. A. 1716.

152 F.Supp. 579 (1957)

James MACKEY, Plaintiff, v. R. V. CHANDLER, Jr., The Glens Falls Indemnity Co., a Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. South Carolina, Greenville Division.

June 19, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald James Sampson, Willie T. Smith, Jr., Greenville, S. C., for plaintiff.

Haynesworth, Perry, Bryant, Marion & Johnston, Thomas A. Wofford, Greenville, S. C., for defendants.


WILLIAMS, District Judge.

This action was tried before me and a jury at the November, 1955 term of court, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff of $100 punitive damages. The defendant Chandler has made a motion for judgment non obstante veredicto on three grounds:

"1. That the plaintiff failed to show any damages;

"2. That under a civil rights suit, under section 1983 of the U.S.C.A., Title 42, the plaintiff must show that he has been deprived...

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